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WALTER L. nannnrcxs, or AURORA, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

Application filed October 13, 1913. Serial No. 794,880.

'1 '0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WALTER L. IZIENDRIGKS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Aurora, county of Kane, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvestin-Machines, of which the following is a speci ication, and which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to harvesting ma chines, and more particularly tothose hav ing provision for reaping grain and tying ll. into bundles.

The object of the invention is to provide a harvesting machine of simpleand inrproved construction, and especially to reduce the height of theoperative parts of such machines. The invention accordingly con"templates a harvesting machine having a deck or table upon which thegrain is tied into bundles, with the receiving side or edge of thistable located at substantially the same level with the parts which servefor cutting the grain.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a harvestingmachine embodying the features of improvement provided by the invention;

Fig. 2 is a central transverse sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a detail plan view with the binder deck removed, and showingsome of the up right frame members in section; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view illustrating certain of thepower-transm1tt1ng elements.

The 0 erative parts of the machine are preferab y supported by a fronttruck, gen erally designated 42, a rear carrying wheel 43,'a nd a grainwheel 28, all as more fully appears, in my application for patent onharvestin machines filed September 29th, 1913, Serial No. 792,301. Theseparts include the usual sickle bar 25, apron 26, and mechanism for tyinthe grain into bundles upon a deck or tab e 44. These parts areassociated upon a horizontal frame comprising thefront and reartransverse $1118 46, 47 the longitudinal side sills 29 and 48, and thelongitudinal intermediate sill 36. stub tongue 40 extends forwardly fromthis frame, substantially in line with the rear carryin wheel 43, to thefront truck 42.

In a dition to the members already described, the frame comprises a pairof horizontally disposed bars 35 and 36. These bars are located abovethe level of the sills, and have downwardly curved rear ends 37, 38.These connect with the rear sill 47. At their front ends the bars 35 and36 are connected with the front sill 46 through an upright bracket,generally designated 27 (Fig. 2).

Power for driving the operative parts of the machine may be derived fromany con venient source. As shown, a sprocket wheel 82 is mounted on theaxle, as 7 6, of the front truck 42, and a sprocket chain 83 turns overthis sprocket wheel and over a second sprocket Wheel 84 which is mountedon a counter-shaft 40. 'lhecountershaft 49 con veniently extendstransversely through and. is journaled in the intern'lediate sill 36 andside sill 48 adjacent the rear end of the :lramc. The rear carryingwheel 43 is secured to the downwardly turned rear end portion 38 of thebar 36*, as by means of a bracket which is generally designated 115. Thegrain wheel 28 is located at that side of the machine beyond the end ofthe sickle bar 25, and may be connected with the frame in any well knownmanner.

The apron 26 moves inwardly in rear of the sickle bar 25 in the usualway. At its inner end it turns over a driving roll 57.

This roll extends between and is journaled at its opposite ends upon thefront and rear sills 46 and 47.

In carrying out the invention the binder deck 44 is so mounted as toreceive grain directly from the apron 26. As most clearly shown in Fig.2, it is supported in a slightly inclined position, and has its inneredge substantially upon a level with the inner end of the apron. Anyconvenient means may be employed for supporting the deck 44. If

desired it may rest u on a rail 210 and upon a bracket 211, the ormerextending rearwardly from the upright bracket 27 of the frame, and thelatter being carried by the slide bar, as 212, of the binder mechanism.

The mechanism for tying the grain into bundles comprises the usualpackers 201 and needle bar 45. These parts operate through slots, as213, in the deck 44 in a well known manner. The shaft for o cratingthe-packers 201 is indicated at 51. he needle shaft is indicated at 63,and a knotter shaft 61 extends over the deck 44. These parts areoperatively connected in the usual way, as through an upri ht shaft 62which extends between the pa er shaft 51 and knotter shaft 61, and alink 64 which extends between the knotter shaft 61 and needle shaft 63.The packers 201 serve for compressing the grain against a trip 21 1, formoving the same to set the knot-forming mechanism in motion in the usualway when a suflicient quantity of grain has accumulated for theformation of a bundle.

When the binder deck 14 is made of the Width shown, a set of pickerfingers 200 is desirably provided for moving the grain over this deckfrom the apron 26 to a point where it will be engaged by the packers201. As shown, these picker fingers are all actuated by a single crankshaft 68. The picker fingers 200 are desirably arranged in pairs, eachpair being formed from a single rod which is bent into the form of afork.

The crank shaft 68 has a plurality of cranks 215, each crank serving foractuating a single pair of the picker fingers. As shown, the rod fromwhich the picker fingers of each pair are constructed is secured.against the lower end of a rocker arm 216, as by means of a bolt 217.Each of the cranks 215 of the crank shaft 68 extends through one of therocker arms 216 adjacent its lower end.

The movement of the picker fingers 200 of eachair is controlled by alink 218, each of whicextends between a longitudinal rail 21-9 of theframe and the higher end of the corresponding rocker arm 216. The rail219' is conveniently supported in a position parallel with the crankshaft 68' by be ing secured to the bar 35 of the frame through brackets,one of which is shown at 220 (Fig. 2). Guide loops 221, extendingbetween adjacent picker fingers 200, serve for preventing the grain frombeing lifted from the deck it during the upward movement of the pickerfingers. These guide loops conveniently extend between and are securedat their opposite ends to the rail 219, and to a second raii- 222, thelatter being located'in front of the crank shaft 68. The rail 222 may besupported in any convenient manner, as by securing one end of the sameupon an-a'rm 22,3 of the'bracket 27.

' The crank shaft 68"i's preferably parallel with andisubstaiitiallyabove the drivin'groll 57'- of the apron'26i This crank shaft is shownasbeingsupported by being journal'ed adjacent its 0 posi'te ends in a part224 of the bracket 2 and in a bracket 225 (-Fig. 1) which is carried bythe bar 35. A sprocket'j wheel 226 is mounted upon the crank shaft" 68for drivingfthe-samel The countershaft &9 serves for transmitting powerto all ofthe-operative parts. As shown, this countersliaft isoperatively connectedwith a longitudinal shaft 50'through beveled gears52' and '53. The beveled gear 52' is mounted upon the countershaft' 49;The bev eled gear 53' is'mounted on the longitudinal shaft 50. Thisshaft is located at that side of the machine which is remote from thegrain Wheel 28. It is conveniently supported in this position by beingextended through and journaled in the front and rear sills 16, 47,adjacent its opposite ends. A crank disk 55 is mounted upon the forwardend of the longitudinal shaft 50. This crank disk serves for actuatingthe sickle bar 25. For this purpose it is operatively connected with thesickle bar through a pitm'an 56.

A sprocket wheel 54: is mounted upon the rear end of'the longitudinalshaft 50. This sprocket wheel is operatively connected with the drivingroll 57 through a sprocket chain 58, which turns over the sprocket wheel54 and over a second sprocket wheel 60'mounted upon the rear end of theroll 57. The sprocket chain 58- also engages a sprocket wheel 59, whichis mounted upon the rear end of the packer shaft 51.

The remaining operative parts are driven through the roll 57. As shown,a beveled gear 65 and spur gear 67 are mounted upon that end of the rollwhich is remote from the sprocket wheel 60. The spur gear 67 serves fordriving the crank shaft 68 to operate the picker fingers 200-. Tothisend a pinion 227; meshes with the spur gear 67,

and a sprocket wheel 228, which isformed integral with the pinion 227,series to' receive a sprocl'ret chain 229 which also turns over thesprocket wheel 226. The pinion 227 and sprocket wheel 228'maybe'mountedin any "convenient manner, as'upon a (Fig; 2) which isfixed in the bracket frame 27 and projects forwardly therefrom.-

The' beveled gear serves: for driving the usual reel (not shown). Tothis end a short intermediate shaft 231 is provided. This intermediateshaft has a beveled pinion fixed upon one of its ends for meshing withthe beveled gear 65, and a beveled pinion 233 fixed upon its other endfor'mesh ing with a beveled gear 234. The

gear 234 is mounted upon an upright spindl'e 235, which leads to thereel. The 281' is conveniently supported inan" oblique;- posit-ion, asby being extended th'rough abearing bracket (netshcwn) carried by thebracket frame 27. i a

No oscillating plate or blade,- such as is usually employedforengagmgthe butt ends of the grain as the paiss (inmate-binder deck,is shown in t e drawings: While I have found that the machine operatessatisfactorily wit'lijout'the use of thi's'part, it will beunderstoodthat it may be readily su lied if its'use is" desired. j

he invention= provides for'tying the grain? int'o bundleswithout'the-iisedf an elevator for raising it from the level o'fitheapron 26to an elevatedbinder deck. 0nthefother hand, the grain passesuneasy through the" niaehine and remainsafall fififes' Shh stantiallythe same level with the sickle bar 25.

I claim as my invention,

In a harvesting machine, in combination, a plurality of carrying wheelsone of which is a traction wheel, a sickle bar extending laterallyoutward from one'side of the plane of the traction wheel, bundle formingmechanism including a flat deck on which grain cut by the sickle bar isreceived and tied into bundles and over an ed e of which the com letedbundles are disc arged, the re ceiving edge of the said flat deck beingsubstantially on a level with the sickle bar and the said edge of thedeck over which the completed bundles are discharged being upon theremote side of the plane of the wheel which is most remote from thesickle bar, a horizontally movable traveling apron extending in rear ofthe sickle bar and delivering directly to the said receiving edge of theeck and a conveying reel acting over the said receiving edge of thedeck.

WALTER L. HENDRICKS Witnesses i J EAN McDom, EDWARD SoHMm'r.

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